Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameCaptain Abraham Bennet - Direct Ancestor 
Birth26 Jun 1715, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, BNA
Death1 Sep 1790, Minisink, (close to Warwick), Orange County, New York, USA
OccupationAmerican Revolutionary War Veteran. Served with Colonel John Hawthorne’s Orange County Militia, along with 6 of his sons. Also a Sea Captain.
FatherJames Bennet - Direct Ancestor (1675-1725)
MotherDeborah Adams - Direct Ancestor (1678-1719)
Spouses
Birth19 Sep 1713, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, BNA
Death1795, Minisink, Orange County, New York, USA
FatherSamuel Hickox - Direct Ancestor (1668-1713)
MotherElizabeth Plumb - Direct Ancestor (1669-1749)
Marriage12 Mar 1737, Westbury, Connecticut, BNA
ChildrenThomas (1738-1740)
Elizabeth (1740-1796)
Hannah (1740-1819)
Benjamin (1741-1779)
Abraham (1742-1795)
Justus (1744-1821)
Mitchel (1746-1809)
Timothy (1747-1810)
Amos (1748-1813)
Patience (1753-1839)
Hezekiah (1756-1777)
Daniel (1756-1827)
Sarah (1760-1834)
Thaddeus (1760-1834)
Gershom (1765-1860)
Josiah (1766-1849)
Notes for Captain Abraham Bennet - Direct Ancestor
Before the REvolutionary War Abraham Bennett, senior, sold his land in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut and crossed the Hudson River. By 1775 he and his son Abraham were living in the town of Warwick, Orange County, New York after periods in New Jersey and northern Pennsylvania. He is listed with his son Abraham receiving pay for military service as late as 1777.